Cultural Musings

Getting out of my own head.

I let the world get me down. It’s time to hit the reset button.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too: Australia’s experiment in multiculturalism

Australia has hit a fork in the road in the multiculturalism experiment. It’s time to make important choices.

Dina’s no longer a hijabi: What does this mean for the rest of us?

For the uninitiated, Dina Torkia (or Dina Tokio) is a blogger/YouTuber/social media influencer/designer and all round cool person. I have …

Why aren’t you fasting, sister?

‘uuhhhmm… uuhhh…reasons…’

When home doesn’t feel like home anymore.

Whenever I go overseas I feel ‘home.’ Why does Australia feel so foreign?

I really didn’t want to get married – until I did.

Getting married seemed to be the WORST idea – and then I met him

Why I didn’t change my surname when I got married

People have been surprised (sometimes mortified) that I didn’t change my surname when I got married.

Yassmin’s piece is one that should make YOU reflect – not us.

Yassmin’s Teen Vogue article told it like it is. Her experience isn’t a lesson for us ethnics; it’s a lesson in white privilege.

… remind me again why Australia Day needs to be so disrespectful and racist?

There are 365 days in a year – why do we need to celebrate our national identity on a day that represents so much destruction to the traditional owners of this land?

No; rapping, Playboy-posing hijabis do not represent me.

Why should I believe that sexist ideals will ‘free’ the oppressed Muslim woman?

Muslim Dating to Marriage: The Unofficial Rules

Are all Muslim marriages arranged? Do Muslims date? Don’t worry – I got you covered (lol…hijab).

LOL NO. This blog will NOT give you the ‘right’ to voice your bigotry

Let’s get one thing straight – you don’t have a right to free speech here.

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

February 6 is International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. I’ve written a post explaining what FGM is, its prevalence, …